Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...

A 2-meter-wide sinkhole emerged on a road in Nagoya, central Japan, on Thursday morning, leaving a car stuck but no one injured, loc ...

TOKYO — A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, a fire department official said Wednesday. Rescuers have been ...

A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby ... opened at a road intersection in Yashio city near Tokyo. It is believed to be caused by a sewer ...

The sinkhole developed on ... in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The hole is believed to have formed as water leaked from a ruptured underground pipe. Japan's infrastructure ministry has ordered ...

Rescuers in Japan are still trying to reach a truck driver who plunged into a sinkhole on Tuesday north of Tokyo. They plan to bring in heavy machinery to clear away masses of mud and debris ...

Emergency inspections of sewer facilities are underway across Japan to check for deterioration that might lead to road subsidence following a ...

A driver whose truck was swallowed by a sinkhole two weeks ago is yet to be found, as authorities say it could take three months to access the site near Tokyo.

Reports of suspicious phone calls and home visits by scammers posing as government officials have climbed since the sinkhole ...

TOKYO - A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan’s ageing pipes. Emergency ...

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted. A 74-year-old ...

It has been one month since a sinkhole appeared at the intersection of a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture. A passing truck fell into the hole when it appeared, and the 74-year-old ...